ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,869, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).
"Coplanar card-edge connector" was invented by Phillip V. Mann (Rochester, Minn.), Tyler Smith (Rochester, Minn.), Tyler Jandt (Austin, Texas) and Sandra J. Shirk/Heath (Rochester, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connection system comprises a printed circuit board. The printed circuit board comprises a top face and a bottom face. The printed circuit board also comprises a first edge that is normal to the top face and bottom face. The printed circuit board also comprises a second edge that is normal to the top face and bottom face. The...